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wrinkles has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I install my perl modules manually as a non-root user into /opt/local. I've found the following does the job: 
perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install --install_base /opt/local

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or 
perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=/opt/local
make
make test
make install

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I'd like to use cpan (or cpanplus). What do I need to put in MyConfig.pm to get the same results when installing from cpan?

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Re: Local CPAN help
by atcroft (Abbot) on Sep 14, 2008 at 00:50 UTC

    Looking at the section on config variables, it appears maybe the makepl_arg and mbuild_install_arg variables may be the ones you wish to set. (I haven't tried them myself, but those two are described as arguments passed to perl Makefile.PL and ./Build install, respectively.) So likely the following would be used: 

    $CPAN::Config = {
  # ...possibly other options...
  'makepl_arg' => q[INSTALL_BASE=/opt/local],
  'mbuild_install_arg => q[--install_base /opt/local],
  # ...possibly other options...
};
1;

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    HTH.

    Updated (2008-09-13): changed single-quotes to q regexp quote-like operator (as found in my local CPAN/Config.pm).

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      Local, non-root cpan eludes me. I've read through the documentation, tried all the reasonable configurations in MyConfig.pm, and still run into errors during most cpan installs. Manual installation works for me nearly every time, with the single "install_base" argument.
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Re: Local CPAN help
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 14, 2008 at 05:18 UTC
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